Hat pad



L. COHEN HATPAD July 17, 1928. 1,677,547

i Filed oct. 19. 1925 sure on the head. n

Patented July 17,1928.

- UNITED j STATES f LEON COHEN, or s'r. Lonrs,*m1s`sounr. '3 3- v HAT PAD. l

Y My invention relates to improvements in hat pads, and has for its primary object a hat pad designed to be aplaced withiny the head receiving opening of a hat for the purposeV of reducing the size of the same; the

pady being so constructed asto readily con-y formto -the head and make the `hat fit snugly without exterting any great degree V*of presn Afurther object is-to construct. a heat which is hollow and so arranged thatwhen a hat having one of these devices attached thereto vis placed on the head of the wearer, a. certain amount of the air contained inthe casing is permitted to escape from the casing and on removing the hat fresh air is again drawn in. By this construction, the hat pad will be continuously filled with fresh air and will be much cooler on the head of the wearer than is a pad which is filled with fibrous material.

My improved pad is of the self attaching type and is so constructed that no .stitching i or sewing is necessary.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device;

Figp2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line Z-'SQ of Fig. 3; Y

Fig. 3 is a face view of the same looking in theV direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4t is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 4;-4 of Fig. 1; l

Fig. 5 is an enlarged crosssection taken on Y Fig. 6 is aperspective view of one of the which isV slightly wider than the-strip 7. n

The ends of the strip 11 are brought around the ends of the strip 7 and passed over the fastening prongs located atneach end of the strip. The length of the elastic strip 11l is less than the strip 7. TheV purpose of this will be explained indetail later. Secured around or encasing the strips 7 and 8 is a casing 12. This casing is preferably very pad ' application ined october 13,1925. i serial no. -eazva Y.

elosely woven fabric that itwill not tread?" ily permit the escape of air therethrough. H The caslng 1s ysubstantially crescent shaped.

By'this construction of casing Athe longi-f tudlnal edges 13of the strip 11 will be turned -insideias illlistrated in Fig. 4 thusvk i' leaving the majorportionlof the inside yor concave face ofthe pad convexed laterally also] and byreason ofthe elastic ,strip l11 being of less, ,length` than the stripf 7 an air ,pocket .14 Willfbefformed between vthe .strips Y 7 and 11. .i It will be Ynoted from Fig. that Y thadges, 1,3,..0f theelastic 11 arabe/ntl over the strip 7 thereby ygraduallymaking the padta er out flat at each end. The purpose o kinkingthe strip 7 is to give it an arcuate shape and permit it to more readily cause the kinking vwill permit the strip to bend readily along these kinks and it will, therefore, not have the tendency to force the hat crown out of shape as would be the case where the bending of the strip is by: sheer force.

My device is preferably applied 4tothe v rearportion of the hat and isof such length as toextend less than'ncompletely around 'the interior of the hat crown. I n applying my device, the lower edge ofv the pad is placed.

along the lower edge of the head receiving VMopening of a' hatv crown and the prongs pushed vthrough'the, crown. This is all thatY is necessary'to hold my devicein position because the curvature of the'metaly strip 7 is greater thanthe curvature of the head receiving opening so that there Will be sulfi-V cient tension set up in this strip when applying the device to cause it to have a tendency to spring outward sufficientlyV to hold the conform to the vinside of a hat crown-beprongs in place. v After the device has'been placed inf positiony and when putting on the hat, the elastic. strip 11, which extends across the head receiving opening, will be stretched and forced ytoward the strip 7, -thus reducing the size of the air pocket. 14, compressing the air therein and forcing it out through the closely woven fabric. Y

It will also be noted frornmy construction that there will be nosharp edges along that portion of the pad which contacts with the head and, therefore,it will cause no discomfort to the wearer. v I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction ofv securing prongs as illus-y trated as the prongs may vbe attached to the strip'in various other ways, or they may also be stampedgoutfintegralu with thefstrip 7. This latter fea'ture not [shown Ias vit is well known in the metal stamping art.

Having fully describedV my invention,

strip, a fabric coveringforv vsaid strip and said elastic for drawing in'saidyelastic so as to concave the same and place it under tension, said covering also adapted to'b'end the longitudinal edges l'of the elasticfstripv toward the flexible vstrip whereby. a laterally convex face is forn'iedv along'the elasticfstrip throughout the -majorp'orti-on of its concave face. I? 7 f' 2. hat pad comprising van-1, elongated strip of spring material having laterally extending kinks forlned therein so as to 'curve the same longitudinally and without-setting Vup any strain therein, fastening prongs projecting froni the convex face thereof, an

f, elastic of less length than said strip and ofv greater width than said flexible strip having its ends secured-to said flexible strip whereby said strip is bowed outwardly from said. elastic strap, a fabric covering for said strip and said elastic for drawing in said elastic so as to concave the saine and place it under tension, said covering also .adapted to bend the longitudinal edges of the elastic strip tol ward the flexible strip whereby a laterally convex face is formed along the elastic strip throughout the major portion of its concave i t face.

In testimony whereof I have affixed lmy signature.

LEON COHEN; l 

